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Tag Archives: garden
Wednesday Vignette – tension
Happy February, Everyone! I noticed on my way to work this morning that it started getting light before I made it there. It made me ridiculously happy! There are longer, lighter, brighter days ahead, my friends! I was instantly filled … Continue reading
An evening at the Japanese Garden
Day or night, I rarely – if ever – turn down an invitation to experience the Japanese Garden. So when Drake (the owner of the company I work for, and also a board member of the Japanese Garden) asked if … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Just for fun, Local interest
Tagged ceramics, dusk, exhibit, garden, illumination, Koi pond, Living National Treasure, Mashiko, outdoor lighting, Portland Japanese Garden, pottery, twilight
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Humbled by a warm body in a cold world
As life and work has commanded most of my attention for the last few months, it’s been a while since I had a chance to write. But the other day, I saw the most astounding thing that made me marvel … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening and Landscaping
Tagged aspiring, bird, feeder, garden, hummingbird, ice storm, imitating, snow, winter
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A stroll through the Lan Su Garden
The Lan Su Garden is a true gem in our city. It is a garden the size of a city block, which was built as a collaboration between Portland and its sister city Suzhou in the Jiangsu province in China. … Continue reading
Posted in Cool plants, Gardening and Landscaping, Local interest, On Design
Tagged chinese, details, garden, Lan Su, mosaic, paving, plant vignettes, poetry, stone
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Fall foliage, berries, and a few blooms too…
How I could completely miss both October Bloom Day and Foliage Follow-up is beyond my comprehension. When I finally realized it, and wandered out back to survey the garden, I realized I had indeed missed a bunch of things out … Continue reading
Posted in Bloom Day, Cool plants, Foliage Follow-Up, Gardening and Landscaping
Tagged autumn, Bloom Day, Color, fall, flowers, foliage, Foliage Follow-up, garden, Green, red
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Veni vedi WeHoP – part 3 – fabulous plants, color, and texture
While the previous two posts about our awesome adventure focused more on overall shots and a chronological narrative of our trip, I figured I’d cram a few more photos into a final post on the matter. It was such a … Continue reading
Posted in Cool plants, Gardening and Landscaping, Uncategorized
Tagged Color, combos, flowers, foliage, garden, landscape, Pacific Northwest, Plants, texture
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Veni, vidi, WeHoP – a glorious garden geek adventure – part 2
We got out of our cars less than a minute after we left Heronswood, stretched our travel weary limbs, and began exploring the offerings of Celestial Dream Gardens. But, alas, we got distracted! A few yards after getting back on … Continue reading
Veni, vidi, WeHoP – a glorious garden geek adventure – part 1
It started with an invitation to visit WeHoP – Western Horticultural Products – a Pacific Northwest plant broker that tests and experiments with an enormous variety of plants to determine their suitability for the PNW climate, and then supplies them … Continue reading
Posted in Cool plants, Gardening and Landscaping, Just for fun, Nice People
Tagged garden, Heronswood, Kitsap peninsula, landscaping, Plants, road trip, Valley Nursery, WeHoP
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Rubus lineatus – not quite on the wild side…
You can always tell the pot smokers from the non-users the first time they as new visitors walks up our driveway. At a particular point in this short journey, the hemp users invariably jump, which always makes me giggle because … Continue reading
Posted in Cool plants, Gardening and Landscaping
Tagged Curb appeal, foliage, garden, leaves, Plants, Rubus lineatus, Shrubs
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The Creative Flux 